User Guide
Corel Painter 43
A black triangle marks the guide’s position in
the ruler.
To reposition a guide:
Do one of the following:
• Drag the guide’s marker to any
point of the ruler.
• Double-click the guide’s marker to
display the Guide Options dialog
box and enter a value in the Guide
Position field.
To enable the Snap to Ruler Ticks
option:
• Choose Canvas menu > Rulers >
Snap to Ruler Ticks.
To set a guide’s color:
1 Double
-
click the guide’s marker.
2 In the Guide Options dialog box,
click the Guide Color color chip
and choose a color.
To change the color of all guides,
enable the Same Color for All
Guides option.
To lock or unlock a guide:
1 Double-click the guide’s marker to
display the Guide Options dialog
box.
2 Enable or disable the Lock Guide
option.
To remove a guide:
• Drag the guide’s marker off the
edge of the document window.
To remove all guides:
1 Double-click the guide’s marker to
display the Guide Options dialog
box.
2 Click the Delete All Guides
button.
Setting the Snap to Guides
Option
The Snap to Guides option enables
selections and tool operations to
“snap” to a guide within 6 pixels of the
cursor (or edge).
The following operations respect Snap
to Guides:
• Dragging with the Rectangular
and Oval Selection tools.
• Dragging with the Crop tool .
• Drawing straight lines with the
Brush tool .
• Clicks made with the Pen tool .
• Clicking with the Text tool to
create a text entry point.
• Clicking and dragging with the
Paint Bucket tool and
Magnifier tool .
• Dragging shapes and selections.
The edges of the content and the
selection rectangle for the shapes
and selections snap to the guides.
The cursor—wherever it might be










